neomellow 's review for:

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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it’s a great story but it’s not perfect. in the second part Rin was so childish and out of place and she knew that but there were no repercussions which made no sense, and at the end there are some things that didn’t feel like they made sense or clicked in the right way. some scenes were terribly heartbreaking. would recommend and will be reading the best one right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail